x, 217 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Part 1. The occult philosophy in renaissance and reformation. Medieval Christian cabala: the art of Ramon Lull ; The occulty philosophy in the Italian Renaissance: Pico della Mirandola ; The occult philosophy in the reformation: Johannes Reuchlin ; The Cabalist Friar of Venice: Francesco Giorgi ; The occult philosophy and magic: Henry cornelius Agrippa ; The occult philosophy and melancholy: Dürer and Agrippa ; Reations against the occulty philosophy: the witch craze -- Part 2. The occult philosophy in the Elizabethan Age. John Dee: Christian Cabalist ; Spenser's Neoplatonism and the occult philosophy: John Dee and The Faerie Queene ; Elizabethan England and the Jews ; The reaction: christopher Marlowe on conjurors, imperialists and Jews ; Shakespeare and Christian Cabala: Francesco Giorgi and The Merchant of Venice ; Agrippa and Elizabethan Melancholy: George Chapman's Shadow of Night ; Shakespearean fairies, witches, melancholy: King Lear and the demons ; Prospero: the Shakespearean magus -- Part 3. The occult philosophy and rosicrucianism and puritanism. The return of the Jews to England. Christian Cabala and rosicrucianism ; The occult philosophy and puritanism: Joh Milton ; The return of the Jew to England

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